Author(s):
Soumitra Ghosh, Arghya Biswas, Soumik Nanda, Sneha Das, Susmita Basak, Supradip Mandal, Arpita Biswas, Dhrubo Jyoti Sen, Beduin Mahanti, Dhananjoy Saha
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DOI:
10.5958/2349-2988.2020.00030.3 
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Soumitra Ghosh1, Arghya Biswas1, Soumik Nanda1, Sneha Das1, Susmita Basak1, Supradip Mandal1, Arpita Biswas1, Dr. Dhrubo Jyoti Sen1, Dr. Beduin Mahanti1, Dr. Dhananjoy Saha2
1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Techno India University, Salt-Lake City, Sector-V, EM-4/1, Kolkata-700091, West Bengal, India.
2Deputy Director of Technical Education, Directorate of Technical Education, Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake City, Kolkata- 700091, West Bengal, India.
*Corresponding Author
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Volume - 12,
Issue - 3,
Year - 2020
ABSTRACT:
Gene silencing is defined as epigenetic of gene expression leading to inactivation of previously active individual genes or larger chromosome regions. Silencing of a target gene can be achieved at two levels-transcriptional and post-transcriptional stages. The transcriptional gene silencing occurs through the repression of the process of transcription and the post transcriptional gene silencing occurs by the degradation of mRNA. There is also another type called Meiotic. Mechanisms responsible for repression of genes involve changes in level of DNA methylation and alterations in covalent modifications of histone proteins which leads to chromatin compaction. These are the effects of small RNA regulators such as small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), microRNAs (miRNA), Piwi-associated RNAs (piRNAs) etc. Virus can also conduct gene silencing which is known as Virus Induced Gene Silencing by cloning and inserting plant endogenous gene sequence in recombinant viral vectors. Even Gene Silencing helps in buildup resistance against biotic and abiotic stress and helps in knock down any kind of undesirable genes.
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Soumitra Ghosh, Arghya Biswas, Soumik Nanda, Sneha Das, Susmita Basak, Supradip Mandal, Arpita Biswas, Dhrubo Jyoti Sen, Beduin Mahanti, Dhananjoy Saha. Gene Silencing is one of the most efficient and Promising Functional Genomics tools. Research J. Science and Tech. 2020; 12(3):222-232. doi: 10.5958/2349-2988.2020.00030.3
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Soumitra Ghosh, Arghya Biswas, Soumik Nanda, Sneha Das, Susmita Basak, Supradip Mandal, Arpita Biswas, Dhrubo Jyoti Sen, Beduin Mahanti, Dhananjoy Saha. Gene Silencing is one of the most efficient and Promising Functional Genomics tools. Research J. Science and Tech. 2020; 12(3):222-232. doi: 10.5958/2349-2988.2020.00030.3 Available on: https://rjstonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2020-12-3-8
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